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Bill	An Act To Increase Penalties To Deter Violations Of The Laws Regarding Improper Pesticide Use	An Act To Increase Penalties To Deter Violations Of The Laws Regarding Improper Pesticide Use	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1697	Maine LD 1697 (132)	bill	BOARD OF PESTICIDES CONTROL IMPROPER USE PENALTIES PESTICIDES	enacted	Victoria DOUDERA	3	25	1	2025-04-17	2025-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0c7f475d-a687-4560-9344-1ecb9c83ffc2	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098592	76f612d1c79ebad18197705e046144192aff069c7a57ee96e6d9e30e3e5c4baa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1697 (132) — An Act To Increase Penalties To Deter Violations Of The Laws Regarding Improper Pesticide Use

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment C-A (H-486) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 292 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1697 HP 1132 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 74–67 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Victoria DOUDERA — primary (person)
• Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
• William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-04-17 Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-04-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. referral-committee
• 2025-04-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-06-05 Reports READ.
• 2025-06-05 On motion of Representative PLUECKER of Warren, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-05 ROLL CALL NO. 340
• 2025-06-05 (Yeas 74 - Nays 67 - Absent 8 - Excused 2)
• 2025-06-05 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Committee Amendment "A" (H-486) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-06-05 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-06-05 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-486). reading-3
• 2025-06-05 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-05 Reports Read
• 2025-06-05 On motion by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2025-06-05 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Committee Amendment "A" (H-486) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-05 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-486) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-06-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-06-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c7f475d-a687-4560-9344-1ecb9c83ffc2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).